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Airbus A³ Vahana Readied For Oregon Flight

Vahana, the autonomous electric aircraft under development by Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost A³, has arrived at Pendleton, Oregon, where it is being prepared for a first flight before year’s end.
The electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft, with its tandem tilting wings, has been reassembled in a new hangar at Eastern Oregon Regional Airport after being shipped by road from A³’s facility in Santa Clara, California.
The high-voltage electrical ...

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A great project from Airbus. At the moment the city of Biome is being built in the United Arab Emirates. Such an air taxi will be just the way there. But he has a competitor Voloсopter. But their difference is that Vahana has a horizontal position of the engines (see infographics here helicopterra.com/info/airbus-vahana).